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www.zdnet.comEnglishObserved 2024-07-01–2025-07-16

Tinder Swindlers: How scammers steal your heart, then your money

TinderSwindlersguide explicitly criminalintimatedeception/lovebombing/catfish/blackmail for cash/privateinformation. Generaladvice notindependentcase evidence, noactualsexualblackmail without ownqualifier.

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thejerseytomatopress.comEnglishObserved 2025-03-21–2025-03-27

From catfishing to catphishing: The evolution of a romance scam - The Jersey Tomato Press

Spokeo catfishing-to-phishing educational/syndicated guide links romantic deception to identity and possible bank harm. Promotional claim not empirically verified evolution or actual financial loss of a named victim; maybe bank harm remains hypothetical. Explanatory evolution headline is not itself a warning or an explicit platform used by an actual offender; those dimensions remain unassigned.

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www.emmetsburgnews.comEnglishObserved 2025-03-21–2025-03-27

From catfishing to catphishing: The evolution of a romance scam - Emmetsburg Reporter Democrat

Spokeo catfishing-to-phishing educational/syndicated guide links romantic deception to identity and possible bank harm. Promotional claim not empirically verified evolution or actual financial loss of a named victim; maybe bank harm remains hypothetical. Explanatory evolution headline is not itself a warning or an explicit platform used by an actual offender; those dimensions remain unassigned.

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thejerseytomatopress.comEnglishObserved 2025-03-21–2025-03-26

From catfishing to catphishing: The evolution of a romance scam - The Jersey Tomato Press

Spokeo catfishing-to-phishing educational/syndicated guide links romantic deception to identity and possible bank harm. Promotional claim not empirically verified evolution or actual financial loss of a named victim; maybe bank harm remains hypothetical. Explanatory evolution headline is not itself a warning or an explicit platform used by an actual offender; those dimensions remain unassigned.

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www.claytodayonline.comEnglishObserved 2025-03-21–2025-03-26

From catfishing to catphishing: The evolution of a romance scam - Clay Today

Spokeo catfishing-to-phishing educational/syndicated guide links romantic deception to identity and possible bank harm. Promotional claim not empirically verified evolution or actual financial loss of a named victim; maybe bank harm remains hypothetical. Explanatory evolution headline is not itself a warning or an explicit platform used by an actual offender; those dimensions remain unassigned.

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www.delcotimes.comEnglishObserved 2025-03-23–2025-03-24

From catfishing to catphishing: The evolution of a romance scam

Specific educational catphishing romantic/identity deception article; short text says heart-to-identity transition. No actual money loss, criminal identity charge or validated trend from promotional headline. Explanatory evolution headline is not itself a warning or an explicit platform used by an actual offender; those dimensions remain unassigned.

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www.nbcnews.comEnglishObserved 2025-03-22–2025-03-24

Victims of 'romance scams' turn to Congress for help

Blackburn/Hickenlooper introduce dating/social-platform scam removal/flag/notification bill. Proposed requirement not enacted law or demonstrated warning effectiveness; no actualvictimcase supplied.

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